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Understand the foundation for volunteer engagement

Explore volunteering in Canada

Clarify the Standards of Practice

Explain volunteer screening

Expand the definition of volunteering

Document the value of volunteering

Build a strong volunteer engagement program

Course Curriculum

This course provides a list of online and downloadable resources, including a course transcript.

  • Part 1: Introduction to Volunteer Engagement

  • Part 2: Standards of Practice

  • Part 3: Screening

  • Part 4: The Future of Volunteering

Individual Course Price

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Course Access & Duration

This course is online and self-paced, meaning that you can take it at anytime and anywhere. It will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete it. You have 1 year (365 days) to complete the course from the date of purchase before it will automatically expire in your account.
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Course Level/Prerequisites/Final Exam

This is an introductory level course. A Certificate of Completion is issued once you pass the final exam with a mark of 70% of higher. Recommended companion courses are; Corporate Sponsorship, Virtual Volunteering, and Effectively Onboarding New Staff & Volunteers

Certification Credits

This training may be used to meet the requirements for:

  • Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA) credential. For more details about the CVA program and renewal requirements, visit www.CVAcert.org or email info@cvacert.org.

  • Continuing education certification may be eligible through the Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources – Ontario (PAVRO). For more information, please email pavro@pavro.on.ca.

  • Participation in the course is applicable for 2 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification. For more information, please contact CFRE at succeed@cfre.org

About Course Author

Paula Speevak is the President and CEO of Volunteer Canada which she joined after serving as the Managing Director of Carleton University’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development. At Carleton, in the School of Public Policy and Administration, she taught a graduate course in Non-Profit Management, and at the University of Ottawa she taught undergraduate courses in Governance in the Voluntary Sector and Community Service Learning. Prior to her focus on applied research, Paula enjoyed a 24-year career as a practitioner and senior manager in the non-profit and voluntary sector in both institutional and community-based settings, in Montréal, Ottawa and on pan-Canadian initiatives. She holds a Master of Management Degree from McGill University in the McGill-McConnell Program for National Voluntary Sector Leaders. (Note: Paula is representing Volunteer Canada as the author of this module).